A truck resembling the one that was involved in the BISD Transportation Director, Clifton Guillory's traffic stop is parked in the Director's spot at the BISD Transportation Center in Beaumont, Thursday. Tammy McKinley/The Enterprise less

A truck resembling the one that was involved in the BISD Transportation Director, Clifton Guillory's traffic stop is parked in the Director's spot at the BISD Transportation Center in Beaumont, Thursday. Tammy ... more

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A truck resembling the one that was involved in the BISD Transportation Director, Clifton Gillory's traffic stop is parked in the Director's spot at the BISD Transportation Center in Beaumont, Thursday. Tammy McKinley/The Enterprise less

A truck resembling the one that was involved in the BISD Transportation Director, Clifton Gillory's traffic stop is parked in the Director's spot at the BISD Transportation Center in Beaumont, Thursday. Tammy ... more

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Environmental settlement financed BISD pickup truck

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Beaumont school district officials bought the luxury Ford pickup truck involved in a high-profile traffic stop with $250,000 that ExxonMobil's Beaumont Refinery paid as part of an environmental settlement.

But it's unclear from the documents released if the purchase met the requirements of the legal settlement between ExxonMobil, the federal EPA and state regulators. The documents released showed BISD officials did pay less than retail prices for the four vehicles the district purchased.

In a letter to BISD Superintendent Carrol Thomas dated April 17, 2009, Daniel Risso, manager of the refinery, spells out what is to be done to satisfy a Supplemental Environmental Project.

The $250,000 was to be spent on seven ultra-low sulfur diesel fueled trucks outfitted with appropriate maintenance and transportation equipment, the letter directs. In return, seven BISD trucks with diesel engines that could not use the cleaner diesel fuel were to be scrapped as part of the project, the letter directs.

Read the complete story in Wednesday's print edition of the Beaumont Enterprise.